{"id":2575,"date":"2026-08-14T22:09:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2575"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:09:26","slug":"ken-martin-is-open-to-change-at-the-dnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2575","title":{"rendered":"Ken Martin Is Open to Change at the DNC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Ken Martin struck a defiant pose at the Democratic National Committee\u2019s summer meeting here this week, blowing past criticism of his tenure as he rallied DNC members still largely supportive of his leadership.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2569\">Three More Congressmen Violated the STOCK Act<\/a><\/p><p>But privately, the DNC chair is signalling he\u2019s open to a more conciliatory approach.<\/p>\n<p>Martin has suggested in recent weeks that he is receptive to changes at the DNC, according to four people with knowledge of the situation, including potentially overhauling how the committee raises money and conducts day-to-day operations. The people each described Martin\u2019s openness as a shift from his previous resistance, and an implicit acknowledgment that he needed to do something to quell the widespread criticism of his first year and a half in charge of the DNC.<\/p><p>\u201cKen understands he\u2019s in trouble and he needs help,\u201d said a prominent Democratic fundraiser, granted anonymity to speak candidly. \u201cHe\u2019s asking for help, and I think that\u2019s good, but I remain skeptical that he can turn it around.\u201d<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam Altman\" class=\"wp-image-2550\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c4a4b993d2abbbba817e468022555bd1-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c4a4b993d2abbbba817e468022555bd1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c4a4b993d2abbbba817e468022555bd1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c4a4b993d2abbbba817e468022555bd1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Rogue AI Agents Are Alarming Researchers More Than Ever\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Senate Defense\" class=\"wp-image-2555\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/187864f84b84fe87b105f89b7c71fbd3-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/187864f84b84fe87b105f89b7c71fbd3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/187864f84b84fe87b105f89b7c71fbd3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/187864f84b84fe87b105f89b7c71fbd3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Defense Lobbyists Brace for Democrats\u2019 Oversight Blitz\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trump\" class=\"wp-image-2573\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d1b2440a7f272c7d8400900d896fab11-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d1b2440a7f272c7d8400900d896fab11-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d1b2440a7f272c7d8400900d896fab11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d1b2440a7f272c7d8400900d896fab11.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Trump: I Plan to Declare the Strait of Hormuz a \u2018Territory\u2019 of the U.S.\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WWII Memorial in D.C.\" class=\"wp-image-2574\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3a7ac9d64d8ddc628d7374233c823635-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3a7ac9d64d8ddc628d7374233c823635-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3a7ac9d64d8ddc628d7374233c823635-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3a7ac9d64d8ddc628d7374233c823635.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Woman Charged in Connection With Graffiti and Bubbles at D.C. WWII Memorial\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>A second person familiar with the situation said Martin is open to bringing on \u201cmore talent, people who have experience,\u201d including more actively leaning on former DNC chairs and staff.<\/p><p>\u201cThat hasn\u2019t happened over the last year, leaning on people who have done it before, and I think that\u2019s changing,\u201d the person added. Another person familiar with Martin\u2019s thinking said he\u2019s prioritizing efforts to boost fundraising capacity.<\/p><p>Some of those ideas have already floated through the Democratic ecosystem. In a call to DNC members earlier this month, <span><u>first reported by NOTUS,<\/u><\/span> Martin said he planned to convene a special finance committee to help refill the DNC\u2019s bare coffers \u201cwith big name fundraisers\u201d to bring \u201cmore financial fire power to the DNC,\u201d according to one person on the call, while also acknowledging \u201cto keep our momentum, we need more resources.\u201d At the time, he didn\u2019t give any more details, including who might help with the project.<\/p><p>When asked for comment, a DNC official referred to Martin\u2019s remarks on the donor call.<\/p>\n<p>A person with knowledge of the situation said Martin was open to a committee made up of prominent Democrats. The same person, though, said Martin was not interested in the DNC taking on a co-chair, a possibility <span><u>The Bulwark reported<\/u><\/span> earlier this month.<\/p><p>DNC members and operatives have suggested several people \u2014 including former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, former New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and former Maryland Gov. Martin O\u2019Malley, who also ran for DNC chair \u2014 as potential candidates to help Martin and the DNC. Representatives for three of the Democrats declined to comment.<\/p><p>A spokesperson for McAuliffe emphasized that the former governor is not interested in an official position at the DNC but would be happy to help the party on a volunteer basis. McAuliffe is scheduled to speak to members here on Saturday.<\/p><p>\u201cSome outside-the-box ideas are on the table,\u201d the fundraiser said. \u201cI know there\u2019s an interest in putting together a brain trust of folks who can put together a plan, especially in the short term, to help them get what they need between now and the end of the year.\u201d<\/p><p>Two of the people familiar with Martin\u2019s shift said the changes could also affect personnel at the DNC, though they emphasize who the chair could bring on \u2014 or let go \u2014 remains murky. Any changes aren\u2019t expected until after November\u2019s midterm election.<\/p><p>The DNC, and Martin specifically, is under enormous pressure to recover from 18 months of bad press and poor fundraising. The Republican National Committee has built an enormous cash advantage over the DNC, which is sitting on $2 million in debts. The DNC <span><u>put up its own headquarters as collateral<\/u><\/span> for a loan it took out in 2025, as it has done in previous cycles. Martin also came under <span><u>intense scrutiny<\/u><\/span> over the committee\u2019s incomplete 2024 election autopsy report.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2567\">Trump: I Plan to Declare the Strait of Hormuz a \u2018Territory\u2019 of the U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donna Brazile, who twice served as the DNC\u2019s interim chair and recently penned <span><u>an op-ed<\/u><\/span> urging DNC members to move on from internal party drama, said Martin \u201cis feeding the Democratic family,\u201d while noting that it\u2019s far more challenging to raise significant cash as the party out of power.<\/p><p>\u201cYes, everybody wants more, everyone wants a second helping, but when you\u2019re able to serve the main course and a little bit more, you can\u2019t focus on the dessert,\u201d Brazile said. \u201cIs he doing what it takes to win in November? The answer is yes.\u201d<\/p><p>But even as Martin quietly signals he\u2019s amenable to changes, he has remained publicly defiant as he conducted party business here \u2014 and adamant that he\u2019s not planning to step aside anytime soon.<\/p><p>Martin spent much of Thursday rallying DNC members to support a new early state calendar for the 2028 presidential primary, urging them to put aside negative chatter and focus on the party\u2019s principles and recent electoral successes.<\/p><p>\u201cYou see there are all these stories about Democrats in disarray and Ken Martin this, Ken Martin that, and all that bullshit they want to focus on,\u201d Martin said Thursday at a DNC Labor Council meeting. \u201cYou know who isn\u2019t focused on that? Me. And you shouldn\u2019t be either.\u201d<\/p><p>Martin on Wednesday reaffirmed during a meeting of the Association of State Democratic Committees that he had no plans to leave his post, according to a person in the room.<\/p>\n<p>For all the criticism, Martin remains popular among many DNC members. At a Resolutions Committee meeting Thursday, one DNC member from Tennessee, William Owen, spoke out forcefully in the chair\u2019s defense as he introduced a resolution meant to refocus attention on what he said was the committee\u2019s good work.<\/p><p>\u201cAre you tired of hearing everyone criticize us for not working? I think all of us are working as hard as we can to elect Democrats,\u201d Owen said. \u201cAnd this goes especially to our friends at \u2018Morning Joe\u2019 and Joe Scarborough. I\u2019m tired of him ragging on our chair, Ken Martin. Ken Martin\u2019s a passionate guy.\u201d<\/p><p>Owen compared Martin to Mike Bobo, a quarterback for the University of Georgia\u2019s football team in the 1990s who he said was often mocked for a lack of physical talent even as he won game after game.<\/p><p>\u201cWell, that\u2019s what our chair Ken Martin is doing,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd what the Democratic National Committee is doing.\u201d<\/p><p>In an interview after his remarks, Owen praised Martin for raising more money than past DNC chairs and using the cash to fund state parties, which Martin has prioritized.<\/p><p>\u201cWhat good is money?\u201d Owen said. \u201cMoney is only used as a conveyance to vote. Just having a big bank account doesn\u2019t get any votes. It\u2019s spending it.\u201d<br\/><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2565\">These States Are Eager to Help Trump Push His Voter ID Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The party chair has been publicly defiant after months of challenges. 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